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May 31
- Photographer captures ghostly ripples over Colorado night sky. 'It is rare to see it directly overhead and moving like that'
- Noctilucent cloud season 2025 is upon us! Here's how to spot elusive 'night-shining' clouds
- Infamous 'neutron lifetime puzzle' may finally have a solution — but it involves invisible atoms
May 30
- James Webb telescope spots weird changes on Jupiter's icy moon Europa
- Physicists force atoms into state of quantum 'hyper-entanglement' using tweezers made of laser light
- 'I did a bit of a dance': Detectorist finds gold 'mourning ring' engraved with skull and date in UK field
- The closer a volcano is to erupting, the greener the trees around it look from space
- OpenAI's 'smartest' AI model was explicitly told to shut down — and it refused
- Ancient cave burial of 'Jesus' midwife' may actually hold a princess
- Giant 'senior citizen' sunspot on 3rd trip around the sun could break a century-old record
- Physicists capture 'second sound' for the first time — after nearly 100 years of searching
- NASA plans to build a giant radio telescope on the 'dark side' of the moon. Here's why.
May 29
- Newly discovered 'ghost' lineage linked to ancient mystery population in Tibet, DNA study finds
- Combo of cancer therapy drugs increases mice lifespan by 30% — but anti-aging benefits in humans remain unknown
- Not 'Little Red Dots' or roaring quasars: James Webb telescope uncovers new kind of 'hidden' black hole never seen before
- Single gene may help explain the plague's persistence throughout human history
- Birds have been nesting in the Arctic Circle for almost 73 million years, newly discovered fossils reveal
- 2.2 million-year-old teeth reveal secrets of human relatives found in a South African cave
- China has developed the largest drone carrier in the world — and it's getting ready for takeoff
- The land under South Africa is rising every year. We finally know why.
- 2 billion people could face chaotic and 'irreversible' shift in rainfall patterns if warming continues
- Hold the syrup: Weirdly perfect 'pancakes' on Venus may prove the planet is buckling
- Scientists build 3D 'audio dome' with such high-fidelity speakers it tricks your ears that you're at the source
May 28
- 43,000-year-old human fingerprint is world's oldest — and made by a Neanderthal
- Watch mesmerizing 1,000-foot-tall lava fountains: Kilauea volcano erupting in ways not seen for 40 years
- 'Previously unimaginable': James Webb telescope breaks its own record again, discovering farthest known galaxy in the universe
- Genomes from ancient Maya people reveal collapse of population and civilization 1,200 years ago
- Earth's core is 'leaking' gold, study finds
- 3 ancient Egyptian tombs dating to the New Kingdom discovered near Luxor
- 'Unlike anything we have seen before': Astronomers discover mysterious object firing strange signals at Earth every 44 minutes
- There's a humongous boulder on a cliff in Tonga. Now we know how it got there.
- Your moral compass is tied to how in tune you are with your body, study hints
- Tropical storm Alvin will form in next 48 hours, forecasters say — kicking off this year's Pacific hurricane season
- Giant 85 million-year-old mystery sea monster fossil finally identified
May 27
- World's first color images of black holes are on their way
- Africa is being torn apart by a 'superplume' of hot rock from deep within Earth, study suggests
- Infant twins buried together in Roman Croatia may have died from lead poisoning
May 26
- Tomb built for Alexander the Great's best friend is aligned with winter solstice, study suggests
- Golden Dome: Everything to know about Trump's $25 billion missile defense plan
- 'Trash' found deep inside a Mexican cave turns out to be 500-year-old artifacts from a little-known culture
- Powerful Mother's Day geomagnetic storm created radio-disrupting bubbles in Earth's upper atmosphere
May 25
- US Representatives worry Trump's NASA budget plan will make it harder to track dangerous asteroids
- Scientists may have discovered the most powerful particle collider in the universe
May 24
- Perseverance rover rolls onto 'Crocodile' plateau on Mars to hunt for super-old rocks
- James Webb telescope discovers frozen water around a distant, sunlike star
May 23
- Groundbreaking amplifier could lead to 'super lasers' that make the internet 10 times faster
- Scientists have discovered a new dwarf planet in our solar system, far beyond the orbit of Neptune
- Can weight loss drugs help you drink less alcohol?
- American submarine, lost for over a century, discovered 'remarkably intact' off the coast of San Diego
- Colossal chief scientist clarifies de-extinction claim, while confirming its 'dire wolves' are 'grey wolves with 20 edits'
- Archaeologist sailed a Viking replica boat for 3 years to discover unknown ancient harbors
- US woman dies from prion disease — after being given an infected injection 50 years earlier
- Jupiter is shrinking and used to be twice as big, mind-boggling study reveals
- 'Above normal' conditions could bring as many as 10 hurricanes to the US this summer
- Cats may have been domesticated much later than we thought — with earlier felines being eaten or made into clothes
- China is building a constellation of AI supercomputers in space — and just launched the first pieces
May 22
- Trippy supercomputer simulation offers unprecedented view of the space between stars
- The rarest black holes in the universe may be 'wandering' our galaxy — but scientists don't know how to detect them
- Cucumbers recalled after multistate Salmonella outbreak leaves dozens sick
- AI benchmarking platform is helping top companies rig their model performances, study claims
- Rare face tattoos on 800-year-old mystery mummy baffle archaeologists
- 'Super-vision' contact lenses let wearers see in the dark — even with their eyes closed
- 'Strange' star pulses detected in search for extraterrestrial intelligence
- 2,300-year-old gold ring found in Israel was likely buried by a betrothed girl
May 21
- Our teeth evolved from fish 'body armor' over 460 million years, scientists discover
- 140,000 year old bones of our ancient ancestors found on sea floor, revealing secrets of extinct human species
- Astronomers spy puzzlingly 'perfect' cosmic orb with unknown size and location
- 'It was probably some kind of an ambush': 17,000 years ago, a man died in a projectile weapon attack in what is now Italy
- 33-inch-long 'woolly' mountain rat caught on camera for first time ever
- Giant 'white streak' appears over multiple US states as Chinese rocket dumps experimental fuel in space
- Amazon's new warehouse robot has a 'sense of touch' that could see it replace human workers
- Never-before-seen 'extreme' microbes surrounded NASA robot before it was sent to Mars 18 years ago, new study reveals
- Building quantum supercomputers: Scientists connect two quantum processors using existing fiber optic cables for the first time
May 20
- 'It epitomises the strangeness of Sutton Hoo': 6th-century bucket found at Anglo-Saxon ship burial holds human cremation
- Venus may be geologically 'alive' after all, reanalysis of 30-year-old NASA data reveals
- Unknown strain of bacteria found on China's Tiangong Space Station
- Hospital superbug can feed on medical plastic, first-of-its-kind study reveals
May 19
- 2-in-1 COVID-flu vaccine looks promising in trial — but experts say approval may be delayed
- Joe Biden diagnosed with 'aggressive' prostate cancer: What you need to know
- Capuchins have started abducting newborn howler monkeys in bizarre, deadly fad
- Get a full body workout ahead of Memorial Day weekend with the Yosuda 350 rowing machine, which we think is a great choice and has 33% off at Amazon
- Breakthrough stretchy battery moves like toothpaste and could power pacemakers and hearing aids
May 18
- China is sharing priceless moon samples with international partners, but NASA can't be a part of it
- May's best stargazing week has begun. How to see a lion, an upside-down bear, a mini 'planet parade' — and more.
May 17
- Who needs more exercise: Women or men?
- AI models can't tell time or read a calendar, study reveals
- Our moon may have once been as hellish as Jupiter's super volcanic moon Io
May 16
- 150,000-year history of Earth's magnetic field reveals clues about the climate when early humans were spreading out of Africa
- Living lunch box? Iceland orcas are unexpectedly swimming with baby pilot whales, but it's unclear why.
- NASA spacecraft snaps eerie image of eclipsed sun with an extra moon overhead. What's going on?
- The decline of key Atlantic currents is underway, and it's been flooding parts of the US for 20 years
- Scientists solve mystery of how orange cats got their coats — and why so many are male
- 'Yet another miracle save': NASA engineers complete nail-biting maneuver to resurrect Voyager 1's long-dead thrusters
- 'Very rare' African ebony figurines found in 1,500-year-old Christian burials in Israeli desert
- The US isn't prepared for a big solar storm, exercise finds
- Half-a-billion-year-old 3-eyed sea creature dubbed 'Mosura' breathed through big gills on its butt
May 15
- US baby receives first-ever customized CRISPR treatment for genetic disease
- New CRISPR alternative can 'install' whole genes, paving the way to treatment for many genetic disorders
- World's oldest star chart may be 2,300 years old and from China — but not everyone agrees
- Humans reached southern South America by 14,500 years ago, genomes from 139 Indigenous groups reveal
- The sun just spat out the strongest solar flares of 2025 — and more could be headed toward Earth
- New theory could finally make 'quantum gravity' a reality — and prove Einstein wrong
- Dinosaur age tsunami revealed from tiny chunks of Japanese amber, study finds
- Scientists use AI to encrypt secret messages that are invisible to cybersecurity systems
- NASA diagnoses fracture in a 'huge cosmic bone' using X-ray observatory
May 14
- 'This has left us scratching our heads': Astronomers stumped by James Webb telescope's latest views of Jupiter
- The universe may be dying much faster than we thought
- 'Truly miraculous': Common gut microbe shows promise as fatty liver disease treatment
- 'Quite enigmatic': Rare stone carving of Assyrian king surrounded by gods discovered in Iraq
- Immune genes linked to bigger brains and longer lifespans in mammals — including humans
- Lights on Mars! NASA rover photographs visible auroras on Red Planet for the first time
- Reptiles evolved earlier than we thought, newly discovered claw-mark fossils suggest
- Scientists uncover possible missing link between 'mono' virus and multiple sclerosis
- Your fingers 'prune' the exact same way each time, study suggests
- 4,000-year-old stone-lined burial discovered in Morocco
- Scientists think a hidden source of clean energy could power Earth for 170,000 years — and they've figured out the 'recipe' to find it
- Gigantic 'mud waves' buried deep beneath the ocean floor reveal dramatic formation of Atlantic when Africa and South America finally split
May 13
- NASA satellites show Antarctica has gained ice despite rising global temperatures. How is that possible?
- China signs deal with Russia to build a power plant on the moon — potentially leaving the US in the dust
- 'This should not be published': Scientists cast doubt on study claiming trees 'talk' before solar eclipses
- First-of-its-kind video captures the terrifying moment the ground tore apart during major Myanmar earthquake
- 'Ultimate adventure story': Submerged stone circles reveal perilous migration of prehistoric people to far northern Scotland 11,000 years ago
- The Milky Way will be visible across the US this month. Here's how to get the best views.
May 12
- Viking DNA helps reveal when HIV-fighting gene mutation emerged: 9,000 years ago near the Black Sea
- Listeria outbreak that hospitalized 10 linked to California company's ready-to-eat products
- Scientists find hint of hidden liquid water ocean deep below Mars' surface
- Yosemite's ultra-deep canyon may have been carved in part by a ghost volcano and river, provocative research suggests
- Only 0.001% of deep ocean has ever been explored by humans — an area equal to the size of Rhode Island
- Famous tomb said to hold Alexander the Great's father actually contains younger man, a woman and 6 babies, study finds
- See the reconstructed home of 'polar dinosaurs' that thrived in the Antarctic 120 million years ago
May 11
- The constant surveillance of modern life could worsen our brain function in ways we don't fully understand, disturbing studies suggest
- Images capturing a starving tiger, fighting bison and pit of vipers honored in environmental photography awards
- Scientists clear major roadblocks in mission to build powerful AI photonic chips
May 10
- People on Ozempic start disliking meat and fried foods. We're starting to learn why.
- Whooping cough is surging. Here's what you can do to protect yourself.
- Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 crashes back to Earth, disappearing into Indian Ocean after 53 years in orbit
- Solution to 'cocktail party problem' could help people with hearing loss
May 9
- World's largest atom smasher turned lead into gold — and then destroyed it in an instant
- Doomed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 could hit Earth tonight. Here's when.
- Satellite study reveals the fastest sinking city in the US
- Doctors say AI model can predict 'biological age' from a selfie — and want to use it to guide cancer treatment
- Heat waves may accelerate the aging process
May 8
- Rare genetic mutation lets some people thrive on just 4 hours of shut-eye
- Climate change made April's catastrophic floods worse, report finds
- 'It was deliberately hidden': Gold hoard of nearly 600 coins found in Czech Republic may date to World War II
- 1940s Ford car found on wartime US carrier wreck
- Watch elusive New Zealand snail lay an egg through a 'genital pore' in its neck
- Invasive Asian needle ants are surging in US Southeast — and their bite can trigger anaphylaxis
- What's an 'omega block,' and why is it messing with US weather right now?
- Scientists discover how to use your body to process data in wearable devices
- Did astronomers just discover the smallest galaxy in the universe?
May 7
- Ancient Maya 'blood cave' discovered in Guatemala baffles archaeologists
- NASA just sent a giant balloon around the world in 16 days. Here's why.
- Metal detectorists unearth dazzling Anglo-Saxon gold-and-garnet raven head and ring: 'It's unbelievable — I'm a bit emotional'
- Scientists find the best crops to grow during the apocalypse
- NASA Mars satellite uncovers markings 'like paint dripping down a wall' on Martian surface
- Physicists create groundbreaking atomic clock that's off by less than 1 second every 100 million years
- 2,000-year-old bed barricade unearthed in Pompeii house — likely a family's last attempt to escape Vesuvius' eruption
- Kids born today are going to grow up in a hellscape, grim climate study finds
- World's first silicon-based quantum computer is small enough to plug into a regular power socket
- T. rex may have evolved in North America after all, scientists say
- A whole 'population' of minimoons may be lurking near Earth, researchers say
May 6
- Archaeologists unearth tree-lined walkway that led to ancient Egyptian fortress in Sinai Desert
- In a first, physicists spot elusive 'free-range' atoms — confirming a century-old theory about quantum mechanics
- 'Pirate' shipwrecks that sank in 1710 off Costa Rica are actually remains of Danish slave ships
- Giant pterosaurs weren't only good at flying, they could walk among dinosaurs too
- Experts alarmed as White House proposes 'largest single-year cut to NASA in American history'
- US Air Force wants to develop smarter mini-drones powered by brain-inspired AI chips
- Failed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 could crash to Earth this week — here's where it might hit (map)
- Secret of ancient Maya blue pigment revealed from cracks and clues on a dozen bowls from Chichén Itzá
May 5
- Digital 'resurrection' of the Titanic sheds light on fateful night the ship tore apart
- Mysterious Tikal altar that wasn't Maya after all includes at least 4 skeletons — and 1 was a child
- Earth may not have gotten its water how we thought, controversial meteorite study suggests
- Ancient jawbone dredged off Taiwan seafloor belongs to mysterious Denisovan, study finds
- Secret 'drug room' full of psychedelic 'snuff tubes' discovered at pre-Inca site in Peru
- 1,800-year-old warhorse cemetery held remains of a beloved horse — and a man considered an 'outsider' to Roman society
- People really can communicate with just their eyes, study finds
- Shingles vaccine may directly guard against dementia, study hints
- Quantum 'miracle material' can store information in a single dimension thanks to newly discovered magnetic switching
May 4
- May's full 'Flower Moon' rises tonight as a micromoon. Here's what that means, and how to watch.
- These are the sharpest images yet of planets being born around distant stars
- AI is just as overconfident and biased as humans can be, study shows
- Archaeologists discover hundreds of metal objects up to 3,400 years old on mysterious volcanic hilltop in Hungary
May 3
- Physicists create 'black hole bomb' for first time on Earth, validating decades-old theory
- Amateur astronomer captures detailed photos of Croc's Eye and Whirlpool galaxies from backyard observatory
- World's first computer that combines human brain with silicon now available
May 2
- 'Dramatic revision of a basic chapter in algebra': Mathematicians devise new way to solve devilishly difficult equations
- Astronomers identify first 'good' candidate for controversial Planet Nine deep in our solar system
- Ancient Egyptians drew the Milky Way on coffins and tombs, linking them to sky goddess, study finds
- La Niña is dead — what that means for this year's hurricanes and weather
- Doomed Soviet spacecraft tumbling toward Earth may already have its parachute out, new images hint
- Watch cuttlefish 'waving' at each other in what scientists think might be communication
- Legendary 'women of the sea' in South Korea freedive well into their 80s. A new study hints at how.
- Self-driving cars can tap into 'AI-powered social network' to talk to each other while on the road
- 18th-century monk's anus was stuffed with wood chips and fabric to mummify him, researchers discover
May 1
- 'Propaganda' praising Ramesses II discovered on famous ancient Egyptian obelisk in Paris, Egyptologist claims
- Scientists just discovered a single molecule that may treat rare, devastating mitochondrial diseases
- 'Annoying' version of ChatGPT pulled after chatbot wouldn't stop flattering users
- Vesta, the 2nd-largest asteroid in the solar system, may be a piece of a lost planet
- AI researchers ran a secret experiment on Reddit users to see if they could change their minds — and the results are creepy
- 'Overkill' injuries on Bronze Age skeletons reveal fierce feuding in ancient China
- Eta Aquariid meteor shower peaks tonight: How to see remnants of Halley's comet in the night sky
- 'Groundbreaking' ancient DNA research confirms Pueblo peoples' ties to famous Chaco Canyon site
- Ancient zircon crystals shed light on 1 billion-year-old meteorite strike in Scotland
- Dinosaurs might still roam Earth if it weren't for the asteroid, study suggests
- Swarm of 30 robots can 'flow like water' and harden up to support the weight of a person